Genesis 48:5:6Gen.48.5.W6PAT

מִצְרַ֗יִם

mitsrayim

Egypt

Transliteration
mits-RA-yim
Extended
mihts-RAH-yim
IPA
/mits.ˈra.jim/

Meaning by language

English
Egypt
French
Égypte
Spanish
Egipto
Portuguese
Egito
German
Ägypten
Russian
Египта
Arabic-Simplified
مصر
Hindi
मिस्र की
Chinese-Simplified
在埃及的
Korean
이집트의
Indonesian
Mesir
Bengali
মিসরের
Tagalog
Egipto
Swahili
Misri
Amharic
የግብፅ
Yoruba
Egipti
Igbo
Ijipt
Twi
Misraim
Ewe
Mitsraim

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִצְ + רַ֗ + יִם
mits + ra + yim
mitsrayim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mits-RA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-rets mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    ve-at-TA shnei-va-NE-kha ha-no-la-DIM le-KHA be-E-rets mits-RA-yim ad-bo-I e-LE-kha mits-RAI-mah li-HEM

  4. sentence

    ve-at-TA shnei-va-NE-kha ha-no-la-DIM le-KHA be-E-rets mits-RA-yim ad-bo-I e-LE-kha mits-RAI-mah li-HEM ef-RA-yim u-me-na-SHE ki-re-u-VEN ve-shim-ON yih-yu-LI

In contextGenesis 48:5

and now your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before my coming to you in Egypt are mine Ephraim and Manasseh like Reuben and Simeon shall be mine

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 48:5, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֗יִם (mitsrayim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.48.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.5.W6.S1) and character.